2021-463-E-Health-Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership-Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership-Assist with funding position

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Page 1 of 4 Memorandum of Understanding By and among The Orange County Health Department and The Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership PURPOSE High-risk drinking is often cited as one of the single biggest issues negatively impacting universities and their towns. To address this complex public health issue in Chapel Hill, the Town/Gown Collaborative (“Collaborative”) was formed. This diverse and engaged group of town leaders, campus administrators, students and community leaders worked closely together during the 2013-14 academic year to understand the myriad of factors that contribute to high-risk drinking, and to identify evidence-based and promising environmental strategies to reduce its negative effects at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (“University”) and on the Town of Chapel Hill and surrounding community. After carefully reviewing the data, conducting many stakeholder listening sessions and reviewing evidence regarding successful strategies to address this issue, the Collaborative used a series of guiding principles to develop a comprehensive set of 22 recommendations to reduce the negative impacts of high-risk drinking on three areas: the University, Neighborhoods/Community, and Downtown. These recommendations are intended to be synergistic, not stand-alone. In the 2019-2020 academic year, the Campus & Community Coalition updated these strategies in its 2020 Action Plan. The Action Plan strategies are divided into 18-month and 3-year timeframes and are drawn from the most promising strategies from the original Collaborative’s recommendations as well as national evidence-based and promising practices. Orange County, on behalf of its Orange County Health Department (“County,” 300 W. Tryon Street, Hillsborough, NC 27278), is working with the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership (“Partnership,” 128 E. Franklin St, Suite 240, Chapel Hill, NC 27514) to support a staff position responsible for implementing the recommendations of the Collaborative and guiding the work of the Campus and Community Coalition to Reduce Negative Impacts of High Risk Drinking. This staff position, which is known as the Campus & Community Coalition Director for Alcohol/Substance Abuse Prevention Initiatives (“Director”), will be employed exclusively by the Partnership. This Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”), which serves as a continuation of the original MOU, as well as a renewal from September 1, 2018 – August 31, 2021, made and entered into by and between the County, and Partnership dictates the responsibilities of the County and the Partnership as they relate to the hiring, supervision, and funding of the Director position. This MOU is separate and distinct from any other such agreements between the Parties. WITNESSETH That for and in consideration for the mutual promises and conditions set forth below, the Parties agree as follows: DocuSign Envelope ID: D0AB68EE-7A01-4A15-841B-60900F644BDC